Kinology Scores Major Deals on Animated Feature ‘Argonuts,’ Emmanuel Mouret’s Cannes Film (EXCLUSIVE)
14.06.2022 - 09:15
/ variety.com
Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentKinology (“Annette”) has closed a raft of deals on two highlights from its slate, “Argonuts,” an animated feature produced by TAT Productions, the banner behind “The Jungle Bunch,” and Emmanuel Mouret’s “Diary of a Fleeting Affair” which premiered at Cannes. A Pixar/Dreamworks-style family film, “Argonuts” is a comedy adventure set in a magical yet hostile world of Greek mythology. It follows the journey of Pathie, a young, smart and daring mouse, and her mate Sam who set off to fight the most bizarre and dangerous creatures in Ancient Greece, including Poseidon himself.“Argonuts” reunites “The Jungle Bunch” director, David Alaux, and producer, Jean-François Tosti at TAT Productions.
It will be distributed by Apollo Films in France. The Paris-based company sold “Argonuts” to Italy and Spain (Notorious), Middle East (Front Row), Scandinavia (Selmer Media), Eastern Europe (Blitz and AQS), Poland (New Horizons)Poland (New Horizons), CIS (Volgafilm), Portugal (NOS Lusomundo) and Greece (Tanwer). Gregoire Melin, Kinology’s founder, said the project got buyers excited at Cannes.
The banner is in talks with distributors in other territories, including Germany, the U.K., the U.S. and Latin America. The film will roll out in theaters in January across international territories.
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